. >> reporter: today in belmar, city crews rushed to rebuild the sand dunes wiped out by hurricane sandy. how much faith do you have in this wall? >> you know, we did this for sandy it would have just -- it would have been laughed at by the waves. >> reporter: but the belmont mayor hopes the new barriers will be enough to keep the nor'easter from flooding his town again. for the past week, belmar has been pumping out 60,000 gallons of water per minute. the pumps will stay on during this second storm. >> we want to be aggressive about protecting our community from anything that this storm brings to us. >> reporter: further south in brick township, the mayor ordered the evacuation of nearly 10,000 people. >> after what people just went through, i would think most people will not stay. >> reporter: what's your plan? the delorenzos stayed through sandy but they're leaving this time. their home is barely livable. >> i don't know if we can mentally handle another storm. it was terrifying. we're the only people on this whole block. >> reporter: for two days, front loaders have been hauling away